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rock happy

rock happy adjective: eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time on a remote island.

Adjective

rock happy (comparative more rock happy, superlative most rock happy)

  1. (US, slang) eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time on a remote island
    • The civilian ground crew was rock happy. […] They were screaming at each other. Foul. Abusive. Bloodthirsty. It's what happens to men who take stupid jobs in miserable locations just for the money.2008, George Lowe, The Hard, Hard Life of George A. Lowe, page 75
    • After fifteen months most of us were rock happy and would have done anything to get out of there, even if it meant invading Japan.2016, Bruce M. Petty, Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War, page 150

Forms of rock happy

comparativemore rock happy
superlativemost rock happy

Words that rhyme with rock happy

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Questions about rock happy

What does rock happy mean?
Rock happy means eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time on a remote island.
What part of speech is rock happy?
Rock happy is an adjective.

Words near rock happy in the dictionary

  1. rock graylings
  2. rock group
  3. rock groups
  4. rock guano
  5. rock gym
  6. rock happy
  7. rock hard
  8. rock herring
  9. rock herrings
  10. Rock Hill
  11. rock hole

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